The complexity of the connected pore structure of 2D porous digital media samples has been analyzed using tortuosity parameter. Connected pore was traced using the Simple Neurite Tracer. The tracing method and the tortuosity calculation were tested on five simple models showing significant differences in complexity levels. The complexity analysis method was then applied on digital image of a rock sample with the size of 560 × 393 pixels, and a soil sample with the size of 560 × 475 pixels. Digital images of the rock and soil samples were analyzed on the 2D slices in the zy (sagittal) plane which were obtained from the scanned 3D samples using the µ-CT SkyScan 1173 Scanner. Connected pore tracing for both the 2D models as well as the rock and soil samples was done using the Simple Neurite Tracer which produce the coordinate of the connected pore path which is then used to calculate the value of tortuosity. Tortuosity is calculated by using the definition of the ratio between the sum of the curvaceous angles of the connected pore path to the distance between two facing sides of the sample. For 5 sample models with distinctive complexity, it was found that the more complex the pore structure, the greater the tortuosity value. For analysis on digital samples of rocks, the tortuosity is 0.0392 whereas in the soil sample, the tortuosity is 0.0431.

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